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Just migrate to Discord?
by aabhay 4y ago
Just migrate to Discord?
- asah 4y agoJust migrate to Zulip?
- SubiculumCode 4y agoJust migrate to Mattermost?
- ravenstine 4y agoJust migrate to RocketChat?
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- worstestes 4y agoJust migrate to SMS?
- joshmanders 4y agoJust host your own IRC server and migrate to IRC? /s
- zaik 4y agoThis, but without the /s.
- Teckla 4y agoOr just use a popular, stable, free IRC network such as libera.chat. A lot of very good IRC clients are available for free. IRCCloud is a good starting point for a lot of people: excellent UI/UX, a free tier, and a very inexpensive paid tier (around 4 USD/month). Create as many channels as you like.
- icelancer 4y agoI tried this and the server crashed a ton and was unstable; I used their official deployment guides to a DigitalOcean VPS. Nuked the VPS and stuck with Slack. I'll probably give Zulip a try before I go back to Mattermost.
- karaterobot 4y agoI can say plenty of bad things about Mattermost, but it's been completely stable on my cheapo Digitalocean VPS, running night and day for at least three and a half years.
- SubiculumCode 4y agoyeah, ive been running mattermost on a server for years. Very stable.
- insightcheck 4y agoThe main advantage that Slack has, especially for many people in non-technical roles, is the just-professional-enough user interface over the casual look of Discord. I've been in Discord servers for volunteer work, and while it generally works pretty great, the system feels a lot more casual to users (e.g. with non-human profile pictures). On the other end of the spectrum, Microsoft Teams is almost too professional, and has an emotional association of being too corporate/formal for more pleasant use. Discord is also tougher to create group conversations easily (you need to be Friends first). Though, if message history is really that important, it could be a worthwhile tradeoff.
- cassianoleal 4y ago> Microsoft Team is almost too professional The problem with Teams is not that it's "too professional". The problem is that there is more spacing in the interface than there is actual text. You know, the conversations - the thing it's meant to do best. Threads are a mess to follow, channels are awkward... If professional == terrible UX, then you may be right. And let's not even talk about how unstable and unreliable it is.
- insightcheck 4y agoIt depends on the user. You could argue that many users in technical roles would see a professional interface, as one with less white space that allows for more information on the screen at once. However, many users in non-technical roles actually prefer more white space. This is why the default options for newer software redesigns (e.g. Outlook) favor more white space, with a "compact" options in the settings for users who prefer more information. I think the Teams design team tried to compromise by making the interface approachable enough for the greatest number of users. But for one reason or another (strategy to differentiate from Slack, company DNA, or other reasons), they couldn't make the interface subjectively feel more casual and less professional. Everything from the name ("Microsoft Teams") to the logo (a bunch of people, versus the Slack logo with eyes and a mouth) is more serious, even if the team tried to soften it a bit by using less formal language in the interface.
- chrisweekly 4y ago
- mproud 4y agoDiscord doesn’t have any limitations on message history, or the amount of messages.